Despite China's meteoric rise, few young Australians are studying the country's language or culture. Why is that, and what does it mean for Australia's future relationship with Beijing?
With a career in Australia-China relations spanning decades, Professor Chey has watched this trend play out and says although things have changed from when she began studying China, young Australians learning Mandarin today face a new set of challenges.Language student Tiana La'shunda Marius is hoping to visit China to improve her Mandarin.
Ms La'shunda Marius started her degree with the hope of visiting China to study, but with her first semester of university behind her, those plans have been thrown into confusion. Ms La'shunda Marius said not being able to visit China made learning Mandarin even more challenging, and hoped politics would not get in the way of her plans.
Australia's Chinese population has been growing steadily since the 1970s, with the 2016 Census recording more than 1.2 million Australians of Chinese ancestry.
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